We continued our trip through Pozarevac and Veliko Gradiste, entering in the village of Golubac. An international fishing contest draw my attention for few photos. There were guests from Italy, France, Germany, Austria and Hungary. Here the Danube is 5.7 km wide. It was a moment when we thought it will rain, because it became more and more cloudy. So we rushed to enter the Djerdap Gorge, where the National Park with the same name begin and were the ruinst of the Golubac Castle are.

The National Park came to existence on 1983 and ocuppies a 64000 ha surface.It is one of the biggest in Europe.

We do not know who built the Golubac Castle but it is presumed there have been Slavs. The first documentary mention goes back to 1335, when a Hungarian military fortress existed here. The Serbian King Dragutin owned the castle till the Kosovo battle, when the Turks conquered it. To the end of the 19th century, the castle came back into Serbian possession. On a little plaque, attached to a fountain, a Polish chevalier is mentioned, who died defending the castle against the Turks.

Further, after 2-3 km, we stopped to a little restaurant called Kafana Stil, which offered good and cheap food. They also have rooms to let.The road, a good and not so circulated one, leads to Negotin and from there, one may drive on the Timoc Valley to the motorway.We did not have this kind of time, so we parted the road in Donji Milanovac, and, on a forested road, we reached Majdanpek, a mining location. From there, I renounce taking photos, as it was nearly sunset and we still have a long way ahead us, to our home.

You are able to see so much with your camera. It is like we are all there with you, seeing all these things for ourselves. I especially like the image of the castle archways and the sign. Wonderful series!